EXCLUSIVE: See the Secret Ending to RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES in Concept Art by Brian Cunningham

Think you know the end of Rise of the Planet of the Apes? Think again. It turns out there was supposed to be a big reveal at the end that was cut out. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is a blockbuster success and carried the tradition of the first movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
It has many nods to the original films like when Dodge Landon (Tom
Felton) yells out "Take your stinking paws off me, you d**n dirty
ape!" and says, "It's a madhouse! A madhouse!" But it turns out there
was another reference that was cut from the film. I was looking at Brian Cunningham's sweet portfolio and noticed some curious images. So, I emailed him and he sent me this description of the original ending scene that was cut.

Cunningham is a professional concept artist who's
worked on big budget movies like Godzilla (2014), Watchmen (2009) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).

Click on the images to enlarge.

"That image is from a proposed end sequence that was cut from "Rise Of
The Apes". In that shot Caesar is going up the staircase inside a large
building

"....cut to... a second image we see an older tattooed Caesar looking out from twisted metal...

"pull back to reveal he's observing Manhattan on fire from the back of a badly damaged Statue of Liberty..... a nod to the Charlton Heston scene from the original."

I like the concept art, though perhaps it indicates a time where the story for RISE was supposed to take place in New York instead of San Francisco, or had Caesar move to New York at the end of the story ( which may have been a stretch ).I would like to see the Statue of Liberty referenced somehow at the conclusion of the third film however. It will be a good way to close out the Caesar arc.

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